What is a greater danger to human civilization?

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David B

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In your opinion of course.

1. Anthropogenic global warming
2. Water scarcity
3. Exponentially increasing population

I understand that there will be interactions between the three, especially between 1 and 2 and between 2 and 3 but try keep it to just one of the three.

For the one you chose what do you think should be done to slow or stop the problem?
 
The lack of good fresh water,i mean people pay $2 for bottled water that used to be free.
 
Population growth, clearly. That drives the other problems. If population and energy continue to grow, it's possible that in several hundred years we would have global warming from waste heat even without greenhouse gas problems.
 
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Our increasing population will eventually put a severe strain on our resources to the point that we will be forced to stop having so many kids. I have no idea how long that will take, but I think it is the biggest problem of the three.
 
overpopulation, easily.
overpopulation contributes to water scarcity and global warming. I'm sure you can think of those connections yourself (over using resources, destruction, etc)
to slow overpopulation, educating women in a good start. then, they do not feel like motherhood is their only option, and can contribute to the work force, and possibly imporve their family's status (lower educated families have more children). improving health in poor countries is also good... people have more children in order to compensate for the ones that might die, also, more children means more people to care for you when you are sick.
there are more reasons, but here is a good start.
 
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